Paul Giamatti joins ‘Jungle Cruise’

Paul Giamatti has been roped in to star in “Jungle Cruise” alongside Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

The 50-year-old actor will play a crusty harbourmaster in the film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, according to agencies.

The film, a feature adaptation of Disney’s theme park ride, follows a boat captain (Johnson) who takes his sister (Blunt) and her brother (Jack Whitehall) on a mission to find a tree believed to possess healing powers. Wild animals and a competing German expedition figure into the proceedings.

Giamatti and Johnson are reuniting after having worked together in “San Andreas” (2015).